I suppose if I were to be really exacting, the name of this movie would be: "Keeping Up with the iJoneses #2: Varispeed performs Robert Ashley's "Perfect Lives (Private Parts), an opera in seven episodes, episode six: "The Living Room" at James Simon's studio as part of the PFNM (Pittsburgh Festival of New Music), Thursday, May 22, 2014".  Why "Keeping Up with the iJoneses"?  Because I shot it with my cell-phone, something I call my iJones because even having one at all is my version of ""Keeping Up with the iJoneses", a variation on what some of you may recognize as "Keeping Up with the Joneses" which, back in the day, meant buying shit you don't necessarily 'need' because your neighbors & 'peers' have it & you don't want to seem stuck in an old-fashioned life-style (not really my reason for having it).  Why #2?  Because this is the 2nd major time I've videoed something deciding to use my phone at the last moment because I didn't have my usual tool(s) with me.  What's important here, though, is Varispeed's wonderful performance of Robert Ashley's "The Living Room", performed two months after Ashley's demise.  Ashley had witnessed a previous performance of it by them & approved.  This was a part of the fledgling (as far as I know) Pittsburgh Festival of New Music - something I'm very glad exists & something that I hope continues to do so.  It certainly got off to an excellent start with this.  Varispeed performed all seven episodes in six different relevant locations: at a park, a bank, a market, a church, a backyard (at the same locale as the living room), & at a bar.  They really went all out. - June 1, 2014 notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE   

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